The Coming Year 2026 & Beyond

2025 was a big experiment with You Tube and
monetization.
I did well for a first try and succeeded in many
ways yet failed to deliver all things Alaskan.
Many viewers and subscribers wondered why?

My van had so much wrong with it that it stacked
up like poker chips on a table with only one player.
At the time i sold it ..it was beyond my means to fix
and repair daily...LOL
I just couldn't do road trips and at 16 mpg it hit me
hard in the wallet just to do a postal run..

My new SUV gets 24 mpg in winter and 29 mpg in
the warm months so i am doing much better but 
the whole thing inside and out is plastic....
Ive never seen so much plastic on a rig and i am
sure theres a metal frame somewhere..LOL

I haven't had any issues with it except the low tire 
pressure sensor goes off from time to time so i get
out and check anyway.
It doesn't leak or use oil and with all vehicles
requires regular maintenance ...

With that said I can go out and about and a run
north to Talkeetna is coming in May or June...
I like the subs that Cubby's has although spendy
they have a grocery store that by others accounts
costs a small fortune but honestly any grocer that
far north will.

With the advent of gigabit internet here this 
summer I can upload a 1 hour drive in 9 minutes
instead of 12 hours...now that will be a treat.
All of you who live in the big cities will appreciate
the wilds of Alaska.
Its been ages since Ive been north of Trapper 
Creek.

And the server project,well ive got the gear 
except for a new battery for the UPS and i will have
that in May. As for the drives I have #2 8tb Seagate
Ironwolf HDD and #2 500gb SATA  SSD for buffer
and cache..Just need a couple ssd adapter trays
from Ebay..Coming in April.

I have to learn Linux and as I am told its not for
the faint of heart..Having my own server I can
bypass my web hosts meager 32mb file size and 
serve videos to my website that would only be 
exclusive to my website...Well thats the idea
anyway...And a backup generator with inverter
is needed for that project...One way is a grant
and if not an October buy with the PFD we get
every year.

All fun and games? No way..Lots of work.
And thats just half the fun.
Just keeping my equipment alive is the other half.
Its like an archeological dig in here and any
Paleontologist can see the ladder of evolution
in my setup.

Peace, BigT